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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £118k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England
Website
communitylibrariesnetwork.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£118k£97k
  • 2024£123k£91k
  • 2023£79k£38k
Earlier years
  • 2022£150£0
  • 2021£3k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 99%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETHE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES OF COMMUNITY LIBRARIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. PROVIDING AND CO-ORDINATING THE EFFECTIVE USE OF WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES;2. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN THE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY LIBRARIES IN THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES3. PROVIDING A FORUM FOR SHARED LEARNING AND NETWORKING

Grants received

1 grant · £20,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-11-21
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3Business services 1Construction 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£118k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1184488
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 18 Jul 2019
Contact on the register
02086704389 · info@communitylibrariesnetwork.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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